William M. Ketchum

William M. Ketchum

Republican · CA-18 · House of Representatives

53 years in office

Quylt Score

192
Primary Score
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Party Line

Score Breakdown

Legislative Output35% of score
Laws Enacted0 bills signed into law
515%
Bills Advanced0 of 175 bills out of committee
012%
Federal Funding Secured$3432552M in federal obligations in district (119th Congress)
1008%
Engagement20% of score
Roll Call Attendance0 of 40 votes (0.0%)
015%
Committee Hearing ParticipationCommittee assignments not yet available
205%
Collaboration15% of score
Bipartisan Cosponsoring6 of 20 cosponsored bills cross-party
5010%
Cross-Aisle Co-Authored Bills0 of 15 sponsored bills have cross-party cosponsors
05%
Position & Influence20% of score
Leadership RoleNo leadership role
010%
Committee SeniorityNo committee assignments
1010%
Qualifications & Integrity10% of score
Education & Credentials
Pending5%
Ethics RecordNo formal ethics violations on record
505%

Last updated: April 29, 2026

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Sponsored Legislation (175)

HR 16877Amendments to Federal Law Relating to Explosives

Introduced 1974-09-25 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Explosives

HR 16747National Voluntary Medical and Hospital Services Act

Introduced 1974-09-19 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Health

HR 16592A bill for the relief of Conrado S. Sabelino, Senior.

Introduced 1974-08-22 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Private Legislation

HR 16532National Voluntary Medical and Hospital Services Act

Introduced 1974-08-21 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Health

HR 14369A bill to authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to transfer certain lands administered by him to the State of California.

Introduced 1974-04-24 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

HR 13142Social Security Act Amendments

Introduced 1974-02-28 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Social Welfare

HR 12602A bill to repeal the Emergency Daylight Saving time Energy Conservation Act of 1973.

Introduced 1974-02-05 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

Science, Technology, Communications

HR 11656A bill for the relief of Mrs. Elmer Andreotti.

Introduced 1973-11-28 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Private Legislation

HR 11592A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to change the requirements for extension of deadlines for compliance with implementation plans.

Introduced 1973-11-27 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

Environmental Protection

HR 10891A bill to provide for the sale of crude oil from the Naval Petroleum Reserve No. l.

Introduced 1973-10-12 · Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.

Strategic materials

HR 10376A bill to provide for the sale of crude oil from the naval petroleum reserve No. 1.

Introduced 1973-09-19 · Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.

Strategic materials

HR 9893A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to repeal the delimiting period for completing programs of education.

Introduced 1973-08-03 · Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Armed Forces and National Security

HR 9891A bill to increase veterans education assistance rates by 10 percent.

Introduced 1973-08-03 · Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Armed Forces and National Security

HR 8644A bill for the relief of Kern County, Calif.

Introduced 1973-06-13 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

HJRES 886Joint resolution authorizing increased production of petroleum from the Elk Hills Naval Petroleum Reserve for national defense purposes.

Introduced 1974-01-30 · Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.

Armed Forces and National Security

HJRES 838Joint resolution authorizing increased production of petroleum from the Elk Hills Naval Petroleum Reserve for national defense purposes.

Introduced 1973-11-30 · Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.

Armed Forces and National Security

HCONRES 638Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding amnesty.

Introduced 1974-09-17 · Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.

Crime and Law Enforcement

HR 15832Voting Rights Act Repealer Amendments Act

Introduced 1976-10-01 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Government Operations and Politics

HR 15651Voting Rights Act Repealer Amendments Act

Introduced 1976-09-21 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Government Operations and Politics

HR 13085Consumer Communications Reform Act

Introduced 1976-04-07 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

Government Operations and Politics

HR 12315A bill to provide certain benefits to State meat and poultry inspectors who are transferred to the Federal Service.

Introduced 1976-03-04 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.

Government Operations and Politics

HR 11907A bill to provide certain benefits to State meat and poultry inspectors who are transferred to the Federal service.

Introduced 1976-02-17 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.

Government Operations and Politics

HR 11519Voting Rights Act Repealer Amendments Act

Introduced 1976-01-27 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Government Operations and Politics

HR 11302Voting Rights Act Repealer Amendments Act

Introduced 1975-12-19 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Government Operations and Politics

HR 9170A bill to amend the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act for the purpose of making retroactive any exemption issued under such act.

Introduced 1975-07-31 · Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing.

Real estate business

HR 7881A bill for the relief of Marcial Caceres Ortiz.

Introduced 1975-06-12 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.

Private Legislation

HR 5169A bill to direct the Secretary of Defense to continue to operate and maintain the commissary stores of the agencies of the Department of Defense.

Introduced 1975-03-19 · Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.

Armed Forces and National Security

HR 4184A bill to prohibit the imposition by States of discriminatory burdens upon interstate commerce in wine.

Introduced 1975-03-04 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

Taxation

HR 4180A bill to prohibit foreign assistance to India until India becomes a signatory to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

Introduced 1975-03-04 · Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs (Subsequently: International Relations).

International Affairs

HR 4187Social Security Act Amendments

Introduced 1975-03-04 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Social Welfare

HR 4181A bill to limit U.S. contributions to the United Nations.

Introduced 1975-03-04 · Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs (Subsequently: International Relations).

International Affairs

HR 4185National Commission on Epilepsy and Its Consequences Act

Introduced 1975-03-04 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

Health

HR 3747A bill for the relief of Teopista Sabelino.

Introduced 1975-02-25 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Private Legislation

HR 3746A bill for the relief of Mrs. Elmer Andreotti.

Introduced 1975-02-25 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Private Legislation

HR 3252National Voluntary Medical and Hospital Services Insurance Act

Introduced 1975-02-19 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

Health

HR 2897A bill to prohibit certain restrictions on the sale of firearms and ammunition.

Introduced 1975-02-05 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

Crime and Law Enforcement

HR 1562A bill for the relief of Maria A. Diaz.

Introduced 1975-01-16 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Private Legislation

HR 1407A bill for the relief of Conrado S. Sabelino, Senior.

Introduced 1975-01-14 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Private Legislation

HJRES 992Joint resolution designating the month of October 1976 as National Youth Volunteer Month.

Introduced 1976-06-17 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.

Commemorations

HJRES 986Joint resolution to designate June 14 of each year as Flag Day, and to make such day a legal public holiday in order to honor the American flag.

Introduced 1976-06-14 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.

Government Operations and Politics

HJRES 704Joint resolution designating the month of November of each year as National Epilepsy Month.

Introduced 1975-10-21 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.

Commemorations

HJRES 522Joint resolution to authorize the establishment of a Tule Elk National Wildlife Refuge, and for other purposes.

Introduced 1975-06-19 · Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

HJRES 513Joint resolution to authorize the establishment of a Tule Elk National Wildlife Refuge.

Introduced 1975-06-16 · Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

HRES 272Resolution in support of continued undiluted U.S. sovereignty and jurisdiction over the U.S.-owned Canal Zone on the Isthmus of Panama.

Introduced 1975-03-04 · Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs (Subsequently: International Relations).

Panama Canal

HCONRES 417Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the Baltic States.

Introduced 1975-10-03 · Referred to House Committee on International Relations.

International Affairs

HR 13058Abandoned Bank Accounts Act

Introduced 1978-06-08 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Finance and Financial Sector

HR 12491Social Security Financing Amendments

Introduced 1978-05-02 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Social Welfare

HR 12368Social Security Financing Amendments

Introduced 1978-04-25 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Social Welfare

HR 11304Social Security Financing Amendments

Introduced 1978-03-06 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Social Welfare

HR 10157A bill for the relief of Kern Painting and Sandblasting, Inc.

Introduced 1977-11-29 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Private Legislation

HR 9928A bill for the relief of Helen Ramirez Empleo, Alexander Ramirez Empleo, and May Empleo.

Introduced 1977-11-02 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Private Legislation

HR 9726A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to income earned abroad by U.S. citizens living or residing abroad.

Introduced 1977-10-25 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Government Operations and Politics

HR 9641A bill relating to water deliveries and land dispositions within a Federal reclamation project.

Introduced 1977-10-19 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

Water Resources Development

HR 9488A bill for the relief of Roselyn Garcia Veloria Cepriano.

Introduced 1977-10-06 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Private Legislation

HR 8428A bill for the relief of Gail Williamson.

Introduced 1977-07-19 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.

Private Legislation

HR 8416A bill to convey rights of certain lands removed from the Tule River Indian Reservation.

Introduced 1977-07-19 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

Indian lands

HR 7588A bill to confirm a conveyance of certain real property by the Southern Pacific Railroad Company to M. L. Wicks.

Introduced 1977-06-02 · Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Private Legislation

HR 7613A bill to require the preparation of written estimates for work to be performed on aircraft.

Introduced 1977-06-06 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.

Aircraft

HR 7162A bill for the relief of Stephanie Johnson.

Introduced 1977-05-12 · Private Law 95-51.

Private Legislation

HR 6143A bill to enlarge the Sequoia National Forest in the State of California by adding to such national forest certain lands within the Sequoia National Park.

Introduced 1977-04-06 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

HR 5950A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act respecting the treatment of saccharin as a food additive.

Introduced 1977-04-04 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

Agriculture and Food

HR 5949A bill to establish a Public Integrity Section within the Department of Justice.

Introduced 1977-04-04 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Government Operations and Politics

HR 5062A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act respecting the treatment of saccharin as a food additive.

Introduced 1977-03-15 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

Agriculture and Food

HR 4610A bill for the relief of Gail Williamson.

Introduced 1977-03-07 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Private Legislation

HR 3419Voting Rights Act Repealer Amendments Act

Introduced 1977-02-09 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Government Operations and Politics

HR 2080Social Security Act Amendments

Introduced 1977-01-19 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Social Welfare

HR 1679A bill to repeal the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.

Introduced 1977-01-11 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.

Labor and Employment

HR 1423A bill for the relief of Marcial Caceras Ortiz.

Introduced 1977-01-04 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Private Legislation

HR 428Voting Rights Act Repealer Amendments Act

Introduced 1977-01-04 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Government Operations and Politics

HRES 1146A resolution to amend the rules of the House.

Introduced 1978-04-20 · Referred to House Committee on Rules.

Congress

HRES 597Resolution to abolish the positions of majority printer and minority printer in the House of Representatives.

Introduced 1977-05-24 · Referred to House Committee on House Administration.

Congress